A/N: Second mini-arc begins! The 'New Hajikelist Union' Tournament!

Also, a Reference index will now be added at the end of each chapter with the references numbered and described in order!


"Here we are, Shining Stars, here we are..."

It had been about three hours since the group had left the ancient monkey city behind them. Crosk had accidently gotten himself sucked into hammerspace again, so Gaoh took over as driver. He even put on an outfit to look more official.

"...Do you even have a license?" Ima asked him. Reaching into his pocket, Gaoh held out a small card. It was his official card of membership in the Duck Lovers Club.

"THIS ISN'T A DRIVER'S LICENSE!" Ima exclaimed.

"WELL, I'M A GODDAMN KOALA, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? NOW, SIT DOWN!" Gaoh roared, his teeth showing, and Ima immediately followed his orders without hesitation.

Hiragi was humming 'Wild Challenger' to himself when he happened to glance out the back window. A strange white spiky thing was coming over the hill they had just passed, and it soon came apparent that it was actually Gasser. He was riding on a flying cloud made out of farts(1) and wearing cool shades.

"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

Turning to Hiragi, who was now dressed like a Japanese highschool girl, B.B. asked, "What's wrong, Hiragi-chan? What's wrong?"

"THAT PERVERT IS CHASING AFTER US!" Hiragi screeched, pointing at Gasser, who happened to notice this despite being so far away.

B.B. growled and replied, "I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT JERK!" He kicked his window down and climbed out onto the roof of the bus.

'Wow...B.B.-kun is always there to protect me...' thought Hiragi, blushing.

"GOOD LUCK, ONII-CHAN!" Pokomi called out to her brother.

With the wind whipping against his back, B.B. held his ground on the top of the bus and exclaimed, "I'LL DESTROY YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL, YOU PERVERT! HOW DARE YOU LOOK UP GIRLS' SKIRTS AND GROPE THEM WHEN THEY AREN'T LOOKING!"

"HUUUUUUUUUUUH?! IS HE...IS HE TALKING ABOUT ME?!" Gasser cried, "IT WAS ONLY THAT ONE TIME! I SWEAR! BESIDES...SHE SAID SHE LIKED IT!"

"NO EXCUSES!" B.B. sucked air into his nostrils, and then exhaled violently, causing a microphone and a small black notebook to fall into his hands.

Holding the microphone to his lips and opening the book, B.B. began to read it aloud. "Dear Diary, I saw Beauty today, like I do everyday, and I thought she looked really hot like usual-"

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY! THAT'S MY DIARY! HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT?!" Gasser snapped.

"-I wanted to peek in on her while she was taking a shower, but I changed my mind at the last moment. That was really stupid of me...I should have done it."

"STOP READING IT!"

However, B.B. ignored him and continued to read. "Since I had nothing to do, I went through all of Beauty's dirty laundry and stole it so I could wear it to bed later tonight..."

'Oh, wait...THAT'S SUZU'S DIARY?!' Gasser thought.

"GIVE IT BACK, YOU BASTARD!" Suddenly, Suzu jumped out from behind B.B. and started strangling him while trying to get her diary back at the same time.

"NOOOOOOO!" B.B. sobbed, "IT'S MINE, IT'S MINE, IT'S...MIIIIINNNNNNNNEEEEEE!!"

Gasser sighed and tried to ignore the randomness by closing his eyes and thinking of his 'Happy Place'...


Thousands of old hairy men in ballerina outfits were dancing around and laughing merrily, Hiragi was cooking ramen, and a giant flying Turkey was shooting fireballs down onto the city of Gigli. People were running around screaming, but one man stood his ground and fired a large block of tofu out of his mouth at the giant Turkey. The attack was super effective, and the Turkey exploded and it began to rain chocolate pudding...


Gasser snapped his eyes back open and gasped. 'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!'

A while later, after Suzu finally got her diary back, the group finally saw what was most likely the location of the 'New Hajikelist Union' festival. It was a huge city filled with flashing lights, firework explosions and the sounds of people enjoying themselves. A large banner hung from the main building that read 'WELCOME, HAJIKELISTS'. Seeing that place brought a smile of hope to Gasser's face.

'Maybe...maybe I'll not only find Mr. Bo-bobo and Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler there...but I'll find Beauty again too...'

With these desires in mind, Gasser and the others made their way into the city. However, unknown to them, a dark figure was watching them from atop the city walls.

"Heh heh. They've finally made it..."

Then, he warped off to report their arrival to his boss...


The 'New Hajikelist Union' festival was split into several parts that were located all over the city. The 'carnival' section was were the gang was currently located, as it was also the entrance area. The other areas were 'Tournament Grounds', 'Food Court', 'Government HQ' and 'Ice Castle'.

"...I can't believe you blew up the bus..." Hiragi grunted as he wiped some soot off his costume.

Gaoh stuck a fox-tail in between his teeth, tipped his hat slightly, and replied, "Meh...git r' done, my friend. Git r' done." (2)

Since there had been no empty parking spaces, the koala had decided it better to dispose of the bus itself instead of pay extra for special parking privileges. Luckily, no one was badly injured, except for some random tofu man Suzu used as a shield from the explosion.

"Argh...I can't believe we're already at this point in the story, though," B.B. said, "Now none of us are going to be important anymore..."

Snickering, Hiragi licked his lips and cackled, "Not necessarily, my good man. We...we could 'eliminate' Bo-bobo and his friends and keep hold of our place as 'Main Characters'!"

B.B. liked the idea, and he pulled out a large blood-stained kitchen knife while grinning evilly.

"H-HOLD ON! YOU'RE NOT KILLING ANYBODY! THIS IS MR. BO-BOBO'S STORY, NOT YOURS!" Gasser snapped; even though he too would lose his status as a 'Main Character' now, he accepted it, since being a 'Main Character' was alot of hard work anyway.

Suddenly, Jati let out a gasp, pointed forward and exclaimed, "It's...it's Bo-bobobo Bo-bobo!"

Gasser looked to where she was pointing and gasped as well. Standing within a large crowd of people was a T-Rex with a blond afro and sunglasses, a robot that resembled Don patch, and Yononaka Namero with a bandanna that said 'JELLY JIGGLER' on it in Chinese.

"...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH?!"

The T-Rex let out a powerful roar, to which the DonPatch-bot nodded and replied in a robotic voice, "YES, IT IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL OUT TODAY. I AGREE COMPLETELY."

"...It's too hot for a jelly man like me," Namero said, wiping his sweaty brow, "I might melt if I'm not careful..."

Pulling out a pistol from his pocket, Hiragi held it up to his own head and pulled the trigger. (3)

"C'MON OUT, PERSONA!!" Suddenly, a giant turnip flew out of Hiragi's body and smashed down on top of the Bo-bobo T-Rex, causing a large explosion of dust and dirt. When it all cleared, Bo-bobo and Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler were just standing there with bored looks on their faces and cosplaying as Softon.

"I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED, BUT IT DID!" Gasser exclaimed.

"YAY! JELLY JIGGLER!" Ima dashed at full speed towards the gelatinous man, only to end up running right through him by accident.

"AUGHHHHHHHHH!!" Blood burst out of Jelly Jiggler's mouth and he fainted.

Running up to Bo-bobo, Gasser said, "Mr. Bo-bobo, it's so great to see you again! How have you been?"

"...You catch any good catfish lately?" the Bo-tector asked.

"Uh...no."

"Damn."

Bo-bobo had only one other thing on his mind at the moment. "Hey, Gasser...isn't Beauty with you?"

Gasser shook his head. "N-No. She...she left me. I thought she went back to travel with you guys..."

"...I haven't seen her since Chapter 18...I hope she's okay..." Bo-bobo muttered.

Gasser's worst fears had been realized; if Beauty wasn't even with Bo-bobo, then where could she possibly be?

Suddenly, without warning, a loud gong was heard, and the entire crowd fell silent. Turning around, Gasser let out a gasp when he saw three figures standing on a small floating platform in mid-air. There was a tall muscular man with a light-blue mullet and another man with long hair and a mask over his face, but the person Gasser was truly focusing on the person standing in front of them, with her eyes closed. It was...

...Beauty.

"B-"

Gasser started to cry out to her, but Beauty's eyes snapped open, revealing her irises to now be blood-red. A cape with a large 'H' symbol embedded into it fell from the sky and draped over her back. Then, she began to laugh, but it wasn't her normal sweet laugh; it was a deep, demonic laughter of pure insanity. A powerful surge of energy began to flow around her body, and her hair curved upwards, similar to the main hero of Yu-Gi-Oh 5D (4).

Still chuckling a bit, Beauty threw her hands out and exclaimed, "THE 'NEW HAJIKELIST UNION' TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN SOON! WHOEVER COMES OUT VICTOR WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BATTLE ME FOR TITLE OF 'THE KING OF HAJIKELISTS'! I AM THE ONE AND ONLY ORIGINAL KING HIMSELF...RICHTER!"

That was last thing anyone in the Bo-bobo group had expected.


REFERENCE INDEX:

(1): Like Kintoun/Flying Cloud from DB and DBZ.

(2) Larry the Cable Guy's catchphrase thing

(3) In Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, you summon Personas by shooting yourself

(4) Look it up for an idea of what Beauty/Richter's hair looks like at the moment, only it's pink.